Christine Y Lu
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1930478 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Christine Y Lu |
| NOMBRES | Christine Y |
| APELLIDO | Lu |
| FIRMA | LU C Y |
| AFILIACIONES | Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8227-9177 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Social Vulnerability and Disparities in Drug and Alcohol Overdose Deaths in the United States
Health risk assessment for severe Covid-19 in Taiwan
Background: As the global battle against COVID-19 continues, understanding the factors contributing to severe outcomes remains critical for public health strategies. We aim to identify the determinants significantly influencing severe COVID-19 infection and mortality among the general population in Taiwan. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data extracted from the Taipei Medical University Clinical Research Database from 1 J…
Preventive Drug Lists Reduce Income-Related Disparities in Medication Adherence Over 2 Years
BACKGROUND: Employers add Preventive Drug Lists (PDLs) to commercial insurance plans to reduce out-of-pocket payments for medicines that treat important chronic illnesses. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact of PDLs among patients with pre-existing diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN: Interrupted time series design with difference-in-difference analysis. SUBJECTS: We identified 5575 patients aged 12-64 with diabetes whose employers adopted PDL covera…
Social Vulnerability and Disparities in All-Cause Mortality in the United States
Association Between Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify adverse social determinants of health (SDoH) International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code prevalence among individuals who died by suicide and to examine associations between documented adverse SDoH and suicide. RESEARCH DESIGN: A case-control study using linked medical record, insurance claim, and mortality data from 2000 to 2015 obtai…
The ethics of grandfather clauses in healthcare resource allocation
A grandfather clause is a provision whereby an old rule continues to apply to some existing situation while a new rule applies to all future cases. This paper focuses on the use of grandfather clauses in health technology appraisals (HTAs) issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom. NICE provides evidence‐based guidance on healthcare technologies and public health interventions that influence reso…
African American Nurses' Perspectives on Genomic Medicine Research
Background: There is a lack of African American (AA) community engagement in genomic medicine research. Recent popular interest in the experience of AAs, such as that of Henrietta Lacks, has perhaps prompted interest in research on how AA nurses can provide strategies to better engage AA communities in genomic medicine research
Counter-Point
Sequential analysis can be used as an early warning system about potential unintended consequences of health policy decisions, generating follow-up investigations, but it should not be used as causal evidence
Counter-Point
Despite the good intentions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), many drug warnings are ineffective or have unintended consequences, particularly if the media exaggerates the messages and scares the public. The controversial 2003 to 2004 FDA warnings on youth suicidality associated with antidepressant use are a case in point. In a 10-year interrupted time series (ITS) analysis in 11 health plans, we found that the warnings and hyped media c…
Near Real-time Surveillance for Consequences of Health Policies Using Sequential Analysis
BACKGROUND: New health policies may have intended and unintended consequences. Active surveillance of population-level data may provide initial signals of policy effects for further rigorous evaluation soon after policy implementation. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the utility of sequential analysis for prospectively assessing signals of health policy impacts. As a policy example, we studied the consequences of the widely publicized Food and Dr…
Geographic Variations and Time Trends in Cancer Treatments in Taiwan
Use of antineoplastic drugs overall and use of targeted therapies for treatment of cancer varied somewhat between regions in Taiwan; use was notably low in the outer islands. Strategies might be needed to ensure access to cancer care in each region as economic burden of cancer care increase due to growing use of targeted therapies
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health Care Visits Made Before Suicide Attempt Across the United States
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a public health concern, but little is known about the patterns of health care visits made before a suicide attempt, and whether those patterns differ by race/ethnicity. OBJECTIVES: To examine racial/ethnic variation in the types of health care visits made before a suicide attempt, when those visits occur, and whether mental health or substance use diagnoses were documented. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective, longitudinal stud…
Unintended Impacts of a Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy on Access to Medications for Bipolar Illness
OBJECTIVES: Prior authorization policies (PA) are widely used to control psychotropic medication costs by state Medicaid programs and Medicare Part D plans. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of a Maine Medicaid PA policy on initiation and switching of anticonvulsant and atypical antipsychotic treatments among patients with bipolar disorder. METHODS: We obtained Maine and New Hampshire (comparison state) Medicaid and Medicare c…
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Unintended Impacts of a Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy on Access to Medications for Bipolar Illness
OBJECTIVES: Prior authorization policies (PA) are widely used to control psychotropic medication costs by state Medicaid programs and Medicare Part D plans. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of a Maine Medicaid PA policy on initiation and switching of anticonvulsant and atypical antipsychotic treatments among patients with bipolar disorder. METHODS: We obtained Maine and New Hampshire (comparison state) Medicaid and Medicare c…
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health Care Visits Made Before Suicide Attempt Across the United States
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a public health concern, but little is known about the patterns of health care visits made before a suicide attempt, and whether those patterns differ by race/ethnicity. OBJECTIVES: To examine racial/ethnic variation in the types of health care visits made before a suicide attempt, when those visits occur, and whether mental health or substance use diagnoses were documented. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective, longitudinal stud…
Geographic Variations and Time Trends in Cancer Treatments in Taiwan
Use of antineoplastic drugs overall and use of targeted therapies for treatment of cancer varied somewhat between regions in Taiwan; use was notably low in the outer islands. Strategies might be needed to ensure access to cancer care in each region as economic burden of cancer care increase due to growing use of targeted therapies
Counter-Point
Sequential analysis can be used as an early warning system about potential unintended consequences of health policy decisions, generating follow-up investigations, but it should not be used as causal evidence
Counter-Point
Despite the good intentions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), many drug warnings are ineffective or have unintended consequences, particularly if the media exaggerates the messages and scares the public. The controversial 2003 to 2004 FDA warnings on youth suicidality associated with antidepressant use are a case in point. In a 10-year interrupted time series (ITS) analysis in 11 health plans, we found that the warnings and hyped media c…
Near Real-time Surveillance for Consequences of Health Policies Using Sequential Analysis
BACKGROUND: New health policies may have intended and unintended consequences. Active surveillance of population-level data may provide initial signals of policy effects for further rigorous evaluation soon after policy implementation. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the utility of sequential analysis for prospectively assessing signals of health policy impacts. As a policy example, we studied the consequences of the widely publicized Food and Dr…
The ethics of grandfather clauses in healthcare resource allocation
A grandfather clause is a provision whereby an old rule continues to apply to some existing situation while a new rule applies to all future cases. This paper focuses on the use of grandfather clauses in health technology appraisals (HTAs) issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom. NICE provides evidence‐based guidance on healthcare technologies and public health interventions that influence reso…
African American Nurses' Perspectives on Genomic Medicine Research
Background: There is a lack of African American (AA) community engagement in genomic medicine research. Recent popular interest in the experience of AAs, such as that of Henrietta Lacks, has perhaps prompted interest in research on how AA nurses can provide strategies to better engage AA communities in genomic medicine research
Association Between Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify adverse social determinants of health (SDoH) International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code prevalence among individuals who died by suicide and to examine associations between documented adverse SDoH and suicide. RESEARCH DESIGN: A case-control study using linked medical record, insurance claim, and mortality data from 2000 to 2015 obtai…
Health risk assessment for severe Covid-19 in Taiwan
Background: As the global battle against COVID-19 continues, understanding the factors contributing to severe outcomes remains critical for public health strategies. We aim to identify the determinants significantly influencing severe COVID-19 infection and mortality among the general population in Taiwan. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data extracted from the Taipei Medical University Clinical Research Database from 1 J…
Preventive Drug Lists Reduce Income-Related Disparities in Medication Adherence Over 2 Years
BACKGROUND: Employers add Preventive Drug Lists (PDLs) to commercial insurance plans to reduce out-of-pocket payments for medicines that treat important chronic illnesses. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact of PDLs among patients with pre-existing diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN: Interrupted time series design with difference-in-difference analysis. SUBJECTS: We identified 5575 patients aged 12-64 with diabetes whose employers adopted PDL covera…
Social Vulnerability and Disparities in All-Cause Mortality in the United States
Social Vulnerability and Disparities in Drug and Alcohol Overdose Deaths in the United States
Medicine (10 obras) · Environmental health (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Health care (5 obras) · Family medicine (3 obras) · Internal Medicine (3 obras) · Poison control (3 obras) · Psychiatry (3 obras) · Public health (3 obras)